Automated tool for human assisted mining and capturing of precise results

Abstract

An automated tool for human assisted analysis of search results for obtaining precise results responsive to a request. A single query entry triggers a search using one or more resources and results returned from the resources are displayed in a corresponding embedded renderer. A human provider analyzes the returned results and extracts pertinent information for delivery to a requestor who submitted the query.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is related to and claims the benefit of U.S. Application Ser. No. 60 / 807,428, filed Jul. 14, 2006, inventor Scott A. Jones, et al., titled AUTOMATED TOOL FOR HUMAN ASSISTED MINING AND CAPTURING OF PRECISE RESULTS and U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 336,928, titled A SCALABLE SEARCH SYSTEM USING HUMAN SEARCHERS, inventor Scott A. Jones, filed Jan. 23, 2006, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the disclosures of both of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field[0003]The present invention is directed to human assisted searches and, more particularly, to an automated tool for human assisted mining of search results for the purpose of returning a precise result in response to a search request.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]A resource such as a search engine, e.g., Google®, Clusty®, Yahoo®, etc., may be utilized to submit a request for information that meets particular criteria...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The method and system include retrieving information by allowing selection of at least two search

Problems solved by technology

The above-discussed problems are further exacerbated for users of devices such as cellular phones because current search engines return search results that are often irrelevant to what the users desire to know and require the users to interact and view contents of listed web sites or modify and re-enter queries to obtain relevant results.

Cellular phone users are sometimes frustrated by the limited display capability and awkward input methods of cellular phones, which further complicates the search function when using a cellular phone.

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